Daily Republican., 1887-11-12
TnR GREAT TRAGEDY.
Tho Orims ~ Hsymsrhes square-Fsur
Of the Anarohists P.g the PsasIty-
Defiant co the Last.

'bAotn et AAny AAsk A0t o4u8hUs SnlCDkOa
IN the night Of May A.h, 1se6, had lie
inals yesterday ss far % four Of the
were con ncerned. This crime
was the outcome OF the great strike or
4 iemand Tor eight hours NJ D days work
Anarchists had been. growing In nam.
befs aud impudenco in Chicago for
some time. and they ware tho prime
movers In the eight hour agitation. The
Reaper Com pany, which
from 5000 to 5000 haDds, re-
fused " grant the demand for eight
hours for days work and put In non.
uniou men.
An Immense crowd Of discontents
gathered In front OF the reaper woYks
on May Sd, and urged on By o violent
spesch from August Spies, editor OF the
Arbeitsr Z,itung, made an attsck on
the building, breaking thousands Of
windows and trjuripg several work
men. Two or three sQasd OF police
were sent for and the mob dispersed,
with ths loss. IL 10 supposed. OF several
killed aud wounded. Spies, when he
saw the mob begin Its work, hastened
to his offioe where he wrote and had
priL ted for circulation an inflamma.
tory circular. A cal, for . meatiug on
the night Of May 4th appeared in the
Arbetter n dtunR on the morning Of that
day. and In the evening about 5000
persona assem- bled at the Baymarket
square In response to the call. August
5ptes. A. u. Parsons and Samuel
Fselden in turn made violent speeches,
advising the crowd TO begin Its attack
on the police and soc!sty generally.
A policeman who was present hurried
to head quarters and IN formed Insps otor
Bondeld, who da.ermined TINT 1t Was
, time TO diBperse the m esting, and order.
log l80 officers into line they swung
along the street., platoon 'front.' filing 1t
from curb to curb. Al they ap.
preached Tielden ceased his epesch and
then called ou': "Here comes the
blood hounds; DO your duty and j will
do niue" The battalion Of police halt
ed and Captain Ward exclaimed: "Iu
the name Of the people Of the State Of
Illinois, l command you peacefully TO
disperse." Fielden stepped down from
the wagon with toe remark: 1--WE ore
peaceabls."
As the words died upon his lips .
kissing, dzzlins missile, with tail Of
Are, arched through the air from the
opeoing OF the alley and over the speak
ere wagon. Il came slowly, 20 II aimed
~ith Iemsrhable elaboration and cool.
ness, and fell directly In the strees be-
tween the second and third platoons OF
officers. Instantly 1t exploded with a
ltarrible, sullen roar that was heard a
mile away. A scene of horror and dis
may folio Wed, the Details OF which no
ons present could even accurately plo
are. One third OF the whole number
VI police were stretched upon the earth,
iesd or wounded. The police ut fFst
hrake ranks, but Immediately rallied
apd with their revolvers scattered the
mob.
when order had been In q measure
restored 1t Was found that Officer Mat
thias j. Dsgan and an Anarchist named
Kistler were the only two killed out
riaht. SiE policemen, Michael Sheban
John J. DsrIett, Thomas Reddan, Mill
Hanson, George Muller and Timothy
Elavin. subsequently died from theil
Injuries, and the list OF wounded Ofh
. ezra numbered sixty.
Tho next day the ZsitunE offioe wa
searched and the evidence Of bomb
nayipg bern made shere Vas discover
ed. The arrest Of August spies, Michae
S:hvab, Oscar Nssbe, Adolph Fischer
Louis Lingg, George Engel and SAmue
? FieldaD, who was shot In the knee o
the riot, followed In moi iasely.
FROM the evidence secufed the grenI
Jury found true bills for the murder o
DogAn Against those named and A. b
Parsons, who had fed. On June .
tho trial began. The drst sensation wa
the sudden appearance Of Parsons, VIII
walked Into the Court and said he va
ready for trial. The evidence asains
,hs eigh. men was conclusive, ana afse
hard legal a i2ht the Jury. on Angus
ll9, found q oil the men guilty. fixing th
death penalty upon all but Haeoe, wh
sss qiven fifteen years in tho psn!tsu
tiary.
Tns loyal delays to prevent the ex'
cution of their senteucs are too We
known TO need repetition. Llngg ble'
his head of, Bieiden end eehwsb WEI
saved from death by Governor oalesbJ
and the other four were executed yeI
terday.
Alou. IL O'Clock Sheriff Matson Va
notified cy telegram from Governo
iOsiesby thnJ he ssw no reason to iutsl
isra With the execution OF the law.
The forms OF She four men about
Ida were then covered with whit
shrouts, ana the procession started 10
th. ecaiyold at IL 80 =. m. Spies wa
tho 4 rst OF the Anarchists 10 step upo
the instrument OF death. He wake
firmly over tho drop. Following c,oeel
vas Fischer, close enough to toac
5pies' shIond hal bis hand NOT bes
pinioneSi under the white musltn. The
came Eugei. Persons, tho once iauns,
yivaoious Texan, stepped out last,
l old ynHn
Tho foar burly deputies standing
this roar OF the four condemned me
began without delay 70 adjust the rope.
Spies' moose being the ono first places
He did not appear to regard u OF an
more consequence than new linen co
= Ear. The knot was slipped down %
i cord close against his 7eck. Spies di
MOI show tremor, but when the sam
process was being carrted out Wiz
F.pcher, he turned and quietly whh
pered to the hGihfi stme suegeti'o
conce-ping the rope.
Bp'ors The four Anarchists had o
} ,n6!!ux OF what was 10 DO done, Tn
wbi,e cans were def.ly slipped upo
thei, beads and drawn quickly down
tbe neoks, shutting off the view Of eao
a, completely and with less wsrnln
!, tbsn does the camera. cloth VI o pms
" togIapher. a..
dopmed four men TO mako use OF ~
vita while he could. In tone OF II
tense bitterness OF spirit he. the ma
= vh0 ,yrots the Infamous revenge clrct
lar. hissed out between his tightly
cle' ched teeth:
HThere will come time when on
silence will be more powerful than IN
voices shey are strang CLING to death
The last syllable of Spies' eonciudln
, words, hoarse with suppressed paseiol
had not reached an end when hage
rsising his voice, wildly oried;